Spanish majors must complete a minimum of 10 courses and a maximum of 14, including one course from each of the eight areas below, plus two or more elective courses. An elective is a second course or its approved equivalent taken from any of the required areas, on campus or abroad.
Majors are strongly advised to take at least two advanced (400-level) courses in their fourth year, again from any of the areas below.
Areas
Majors must take one course from each of the eight areas below, plus two or more elective courses.
Spanish 301 鈥淪panish Composition and Conversation"
Spanish 302 鈥淓spa帽ol para hispanohablantes鈥
Spanish 312 鈥淔ilmmaking in Spanish鈥
Spanish 314 鈥淪panish for Business鈥
Spanish 319 鈥淎dvanced Oral Expression鈥
Spanish 320 鈥淪panish Grammar through Translation鈥
Spanish 366 鈥淐reative Writing in Spanish鈥
Spanish 303 鈥淎spects of Spanish Culture鈥
Spanish 304 鈥淎spects of Latin American Culture鈥
Spanish 420 鈥淟atin American Film鈥
Spanish 421 鈥Spanish Film and Literature鈥
Spanish 318 鈥淪panish Phonetics and Phonology鈥
Spanish 413 鈥淪panish in the US鈥
Spanish 414 鈥淪econd Language Acquisition and Spanish鈥
Spanish 415 鈥淏ilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World鈥
Spanish 422 鈥淐ultural History of the Spanish Language鈥
Spanish 305 鈥淚ntroduction to Textual Analysis鈥
Spanish 308 鈥淩eadings in Latin American Literature鈥
Spanish 309 鈥淩eadings in Spanish Literature"
Spanish 400 鈥淢edieval Spanish Literature鈥
Spanish 401 鈥Early Modern Spanish Literature鈥
Spanish 402 鈥淒on Quixote鈥
Spanish 409 鈥淐olonial Spanish-American Literature鈥
Spanish 403 鈥 Depicting Spanish Modernity鈥
Spanish 405 鈥淢odern Spanish-American Narrative鈥
Spanish 406 鈥 Staging Spain鈥
Spanish 407 "Modern Spanish and Spanish-American 笔辞别迟谤测鈥
Spanish 416 鈥淏ody and Text: Gender in Modern Spanish Literature鈥
Spanish 421 "Spanish Film and Literature"
Spanish 436 "Federico Garc铆a Lorca鈥
Spanish 450 鈥淟atinidades in Literature and Pop Culture鈥
Spanish 461 鈥Female Voices in Modern and Contemporary Spain鈥
Two courses from any of the areas above, or by approval of the chair.
Note: One course from outside the regular program offerings of the Spanish department that is directly relevant to the Spanish major may be counted as an elective, subject to approval by the department chair. Eligible courses may include one of the following:
a) Montserrat or Honors courses taught by faculty members affiliated with the Spanish department, or
b) courses taught in Spanish in other departments at 51小黄车, such as history or religious studies or
c) four-week summer courses taught in Spanish, such as Maymesters.
Study Abroad for Spanish Majors
Note: Students who begin their study of Spanish above SPAN 301 or 302 do not need to satisfy area 1. Instead they should take a third elective to complete the ten-course minimum requirement. Spanish majors are strongly encouraged to at one of the College鈥檚 programs in Latin America (; ; or ) or Spain (, , or
Planning Considerations for Study Abroad Students
- Up to four Spanish major requirements can be met by a year of study in an approved program abroad, or up to two in a semester. Students who started Spanish at 51小黄车 with a course lower than SPAN 301 or 302 may ask the department chair to count an additional study abroad course towards their Spanish major.
- A yearlong course at a study abroad site counts as two courses at 51小黄车. One of four courses taken abroad each semester is a required 51小黄车 language course. For yearlong programs, this course can fulfill two major requirements, normally Focused Language (Area 2), Culture and Cinema (Area 3), or an elective. For semester programs, the course may be used for Area 2, Area 3 or an elective.
- Students planning to study abroad should prioritize taking Introduction to Textual Analysis (Area 5) and a Readings course (Area 6) at 51小黄车. Students should also consider studying Linguistics (Area 4) at 51小黄车 either before or after their time abroad.
- Study abroad allows students to explore their academic interests in local culture, literatures, and arts through direct enrollment in university classes abroad, alongside native students and taught by native professors. Students are encouraged to seek classes similar in scope to offerings at 51小黄车 in order to receive major, minor (concentration) or common area credit. Remember that Spanish majors are strongly advised to take two 400-level classes in their senior year.
- If you declare a Spanish major while studying abroad, please notify your class dean and the registrar, who will help with course approvals and advising contacts.